Unlike the USA with its "elder law", German jurisprudence has previously lacked a comprehensive survey of laws related to the aging of society. Given the social challenges related to the demographic aging, there was a clear need for a German "elder law" ? a collection and analysis of legal provisions that respond specifically to the needs of elderly... more...

Many integral-field spectrographs are installed on 4m to 8-10m class telescopes around the world. This volume contains the proceedings of the last conference on integral-field spectroscopy. It also focuses on the scientific questions that can be answered with integral-field spectroscopy, ranging from solar system studies to high redshift surveys. more...

In honor of his retirement from the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, this commemorative publication is dedicated by his students to one of the worldwide leading experts on commercial law and author of many significant pieces of work, especially in the fields of trade, corporate and banking law.... more...